Re: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule
Yes, the Directories that are parented to TARGETDIR can be “reparented”. The MSI SDK talks about how you can author your Merge Module’s directory table to be retargetable. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 02:12 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule Hi, Is there a posibility to change the parent Directory of a merge module? At the moment I am using a custom action that changes the directory below TARGETDIR. All files of this target will be installed fine, but all Subfolders are installed to „[TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir“. It is a Merge module created by VS2005 but i think that does not matter. So I just search some kind of property to set Module Retargetable Folder for all subfolders. Even the log is telling me nothing but the directory Ids reference to the [TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule
Hi Rob, I have just decompiled the mergemodules made by Visual Studio, which I use and searched for the property that sets the path. In my main wxs I overwrite the property with the one choosen in the dialog. I think it is not a good solution but I do not get along with the Windows Installer SDK because WiX is much more easier to handle :). But I am about to working me through the MSI SDK because it seems that its really necessary if you want to write a more proper installer than using such „workarounds“. Greetings Peter From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule Yes, the Directories that are parented to TARGETDIR can be “reparented”. The MSI SDK talks about how you can author your Merge Module’s directory table to be retargetable. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 02:12 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule Hi, Is there a posibility to change the parent Directory of a merge module? At the moment I am using a custom action that changes the directory below TARGETDIR. All files of this target will be installed fine, but all Subfolders are installed to „[TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir“. It is a Merge module created by VS2005 but i think that does not matter. So I just search some kind of property to set Module Retargetable Folder for all subfolders. Even the log is telling me nothing but the directory Ids reference to the [TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
Re: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule
It all depends on how much you want to understand the tools you’re using. If you read the MSI SDK a few times (yeah, it’s dense and hard to get through) then you’ll have a much better understanding of how things work and then how to build optimal solutions. This really isn’t any different than any other technology… smile? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 01:49 To: Rob Mensching; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule Hi Rob, I have just decompiled the mergemodules made by Visual Studio, which I use and searched for the property that sets the path. In my main wxs I overwrite the property with the one choosen in the dialog. I think it is not a good solution but I do not get along with the Windows Installer SDK because WiX is much more easier to handle :). But I am about to working me through the MSI SDK because it seems that its really necessary if you want to write a more proper installer than using such „workarounds“. Greetings Peter From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule Yes, the Directories that are parented to TARGETDIR can be “reparented”. The MSI SDK talks about how you can author your Merge Module’s directory table to be retargetable. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 02:12 To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule Hi, Is there a posibility to change the parent Directory of a merge module? At the moment I am using a custom action that changes the directory below TARGETDIR. All files of this target will be installed fine, but all Subfolders are installed to „[TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir“. It is a Merge module created by VS2005 but i think that does not matter. So I just search some kind of property to set Module Retargetable Folder for all subfolders. Even the log is telling me nothing but the directory Ids reference to the [TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
[WiX-users] Change the parentdirectory of a mergemodule
Hi, Is there a posibility to change the parent Directory of a merge module? At the moment I am using a custom action that changes the directory below TARGETDIR. All files of this target will be installed fine, but all Subfolders are installed to „[TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir“. It is a Merge module created by VS2005 but i think that does not matter. So I just search some kind of property to set Module Retargetable Folder for all subfolders. Even the log is telling me nothing but the directory Ids reference to the [TARGETDIR]Module Retargetable Folder\subdir - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
